Organic Personality Disorder

Organic Personality Disorder:

Definition:

Organic Personality Disorder is characterize by a significant alteration of the habitual patterns of behaviour displayed by the subject premorbidly, involving the expression of emotions, needs and impulses. Impairment of cognitive and thought functions, and altered sexuality may also be part of the clinical picture. [2]

Organic personality disorder causes people to exhibit anti-social or harmful behaviors that they are not usually know for exhibiting. [3]

Overview:

Organic personality disorder centers around short or long-term personality disturbances that are cause by a physical malfunction of the brain. While most people who suffer from the symptoms of organic personality disorder are able to function in society productively, some do have problems when they are not under constant supervision. [3]

The organic personality disorder is characterised by a signiﬁcant alteration of the premorbid personality caused by an underlying organic cause without major disturbance of consciousness, orientation, memory or perception.

The personality change may be characterised by poor impulse control, emotional lability, apathy, accentuation of earlier personality traits, or hostility.

According to ICD-10 (F07.0), the following features are required for diagnosis of organic personality disorder, in addition to the general guidelines. [1]